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It seems that most others have been relegated to relative obscurity in comparison with Lindbergh, including these Japanese pilots (hence the story). Australia
by supernova87a 6y ago
It seems that most others have been relegated to relative obscurity in comparison with Lindbergh, including these Japanese pilots (hence the story).
Australia saw Charles Kingsford Smith just about a year later do a similar (if not more impressive) feat across the Pacific, and many other aviation achievements. But all he is now (pretty much) is an airport name.
Aside from all that, I'm always wowed at how these early pilots could set off into the unknown with the most rudimentary maps, no knowledge of what fuel awaited them. And no credit cards...
- selimthegrim 6y ago“Wrong Way” Corrigan being a notable exception.
- oska 6y agoMy grandfather made me a beautiful wooden model of Kingsford Smith's biplane the Southern Cross, complete with spinning propeller. But we moved a lot when I was a child and at some point it got lost or left behind. I greatly regret not still having it, mainly as a reminder of my grandfather and his woodcrafting skills. My grandfather was born in 1910 and I think his imagination was caught by the exploits of Kingsford Smith and other early aviators, as was the case for so many people at that time.
- oska 6y agoI don't know why I wrote 'biplane' above. The Southern Cross was of course a monoplane.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoIt helps that much of their route at the start was subjugated under the prosperity sphere.